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Show FEARFUL C08T OF WAR. Startling Sum, In Dollars and Cents, Expended Each Day. Tho Hague. An exhauutlve Btudy of tho cost of tho European war has appeared ap-peared In tho Berlin WonvaortB, a Socialist So-cialist newspaper. Tho military expenditure of tho British Brit-ish emplro aro given as about $4,250,-D00 $4,250,-D00 per day, or 1637,600,000 up to January Jan-uary 1, The cost of tho war to France up to December 10, 1914, la given as 11,288 800,000, or, difference In time considered, more than twlco the imount spent by Groat Britain. Taking the Russian expenditures to November 15 as a basis, it is shown that tho Russian campaign haB so far sost $9,200,000 por day, or $1,380,000. D00 up to January 1. The expondlturea of the Belgian, Servian and Japanese governments are glvon as about $1, 100,000 per day, or, roundly. $240.000,f. M up to January 1 Tho figures also show that it costs tho allios $2.05 per day to keep a man In the field. No detailed amounts aro glvon In re lation to tho cost of the war to Germany Ger-many and Austro-Hungary. The statement state-ment is made, however, that the cost for tho two Is $21,000,000 por day, or (3,150,000,000 up to January 1. |